Templar

[ tem-pler ]

noun

1. a member of a religious military order founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem about 1118, and suppressed in 1312.
2. a barrister or other person occupying chambers in the Temple, London.
3. a member of the Masonic order, Knights Templars.

Templar

/ ˈtɛmplə /

noun

1. a member of a military religious order ( Knights of the Temple of Solomon ) founded by Crusaders in Jerusalem around 1118 to defend the Holy Sepulchre and Christian pilgrims; suppressed in 1312
2. sometimes not capital a lawyer, esp a barrister, who lives or has chambers in the Inner or Middle Temple in London

Word History and Origins

Origin of Templar¹

1250–1300; < Medieval Latin templārius ( temple ¹, -ar ² ); replacing Middle English templer < Anglo-French ( -er ² )

Word History and Origins

Origin of Templar¹

C13: from Medieval Latin templārius of the temple, from Latin templum temple ¹; first applied to the knightly order because their house was near the site of the Temple of Solomon

Example Sentences

Back then, the Familia Michoacana and later the Knights Templar cartels burned down packing houses. imposed crop prices, demanded protection money and even told growers on which days they could harvest their crop.

From Seattle Times

Mora himself acknowledged that the 2013 movement, in which farmers and ranchers banded together to resist constant threats and extortion from the Knights Templar cartel, wound up infiltrated by members of other drug gangs.

From Washington Times

He was one of the last surviving leaders of Michoacan’s armed vigilante movement, in which farmers and ranchers banded together to expel the Knights Templar cartel from the state between 2013 and 2014.

From Seattle Times

A melee ensues in which the women — who turn out to be Templars guarding it — fight to the death.

From Washington Post

Like like a Knight of the Templar, you pull that Yelp out.

From Salon